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Re: Darvocet for pain question.........

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 May 2001 17:47:55 -0500 (CDT)

At Sat, 5 May 2001, joyce wrote: >
>Dear Dr.....
>I have endometriosis. It is very painful and the only thing the Dr has
>prescribed is Darvocet. This is working quite well, thankfully, because
>I have a month's wait before he can clean it out!
>Here's the question: Because I need to take it every day, at least one
>sometimes two a day, what are the repercussions of staying on it so
>long? I hate drugs, but I hate the pain more! It is 100/625 mg. I
>usually take half at a time, every four hours.
>And, is it normal to have so much nausea with endo? Is endo causing it
>or the pain causing the nausea?
>Thank you so much...God Bless!

Joyce

This is not an excessive amount of narcotic. The nausea could be from the darvocet, tho. 

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.


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